# AoG yaxislabel

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/aog-yaxislabel/66891
**Category:** Visualization
**Tags:** makie, algebraofgraphics
**Created:** [August 24, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/aog-yaxislabel/66891 "2021-08-24T04:15:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![jzr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jzr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jzr)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/aog-yaxislabel/66891/1 "2021-08-24T04:15:27Z")

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How can I specify the y axis label using makie

```julia
spec = data((data=rand('a':'g', 1000),),) * mapping(:data) * visual(Hist)
draw(spec, axis=(yaxislabel="values",),)

```

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### Author: ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/aog-yaxislabel/66891/2 "2021-08-24T05:12:30Z")

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It’s `ylabel`